The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-13
A DETECTIVES DISCOVERY.
The Revolver with Which COnaughtOn
Is Supposed to Have Been Killed.
The Finding Of 1t Leads to the Arrest of Con-
stable Reinhold on the Charge Of Hay
ing Committed the Murder.

The finding OF revolver ny Detective Grady,
in the vault at the Flesher residence, on Tuesday
afternoon. yesterday led to the arrest Of Louis
e. Reinhold, the constable who was attempting
to arrest Conaughton when the murder occurred,
and who admits that he fred two shots in the
air while the prisoner was fleeing. Detective
Grady has been working on the case for several
days as an employee of Charles Reagan, an uncle
of the deceased. He was working on another
clew until Tuesday needing when he received
letter, post-marked ehis city, which read as fol-
lows:
The night O.. che Conaughton murder saw Rein
hold take PAPER of his pocket and put it in the
water closek / afraid to say anything before.
BY the tiIle you get this viii be out of his reach
LADY.
When be FIRST received the note Grady says he
attached little importance to it. but he concluded
to search the premises and see if revolver had
been secreted anywhere Tuesday afternoon,
after securing the services of patrolman Henry.
and son of patrolman Wilson, he went to the
| house and opened the vault With the aid of q
hoe search was made, and finally he was sue
cessfui in hosting to the surface q revolver
| wrapped in paper. The weapon was consider
| ably rusted, ard was under the ice that had
formed in the vault. 1t proved, after cleaning,
to be an English bull dog. selfacting, 44-caiore
revolver. and on the butt were carved the ini-
tials, Il. E. r." and the nickel front of the
| cylinder were the same initials These letters
| correspond to Renhold's name.
Detective Grady communicated the news OF
| his discovery to Mr.. Reagan. who agreed at
| once to swear out warrant for the arrest OF
ReinhOld. The matter was allowed to rest until
yesterday morning, when Mr.. Grady aud Mr.
Reagan went before Mayor Denny, and the
| former swore out the warrant. which was put
| into the hands of Grady for service. Reinhold
found in Squire Johnson's court, and at
first refused to accompany Grady, for tine reason
| that he had prisoner in charge himself, and be-
| cause he claimed that the warrant could only be
| served by the police. He finally consented to
accompany the detective. and went with him
to the Mayors court. where Superintendent
| Colbert and CAPTAIN Quigley were found. They
We're highly indignant because the warrant
had not been put in their hands
prisoner was offered, refused to receive him
| until the warrant was indors ID by the superin-
| tendent. This was done, and Reinhold was
| taken to the station house. He was not put be-
hind the bars with the other prisoners but was
allowed to occupy the 'big ROOM" used as a
| refuge for vags.
Reinhold demanded hearing at once. but AS
there were several eases before the Mayor the
trial postponed until this morning, at 9
| o'clock. He has employed as his attorneys Ben
Davis. Hngg d Healing. and Win Martz. Rein
hold claims that he is innocent and declares that
his arrest is an act of righteousness. He denies
any knowledge Of the revolver found in the
! vault. and says he never owned a
| 44-caliber revolver in his lfe and
| never had his initials upon a weapon he owned.
| He says he never purchased a revolver outside
Of Indianapolis and suggests that if he ever had
his initials engraved on a gun here it can be
easily ascertained. He claims that Grady has
| trumped up the charge against him. Rainhold
furnishes the Dogberry Row news to the Satur-
day People, and has several occasions at
tackled Grady, and it is we'll known that there
has been bad feeling between the two for severa
months. Reinhold is confident he will be &C
Quilted in the preliminary examination
The declaration of Conaugbton after he was
shot that "the constable was not the man" Is re
garded as a strong point in Reinhold's favor
Brady, however, claims that he has abundant
evidence on whicl TO convict Reinhold, aud i
will all be brought out r the preliminary ex
animation this morning. He will be able t.
prove he says, that Reinhold possessed such
revolver prior to the murder and several wit
nesses will be produced to establish the fact
Neither.th coroner nor the grand jury have
been able to find Eaton. the man whom
Conaughton assaulted on the day Of the killing
and it is said that he has gone to Kansas
City. His testimony has never been given il
any of the investigations, and it is badl,
wanted.
The grand jury finished work the case yes
terday, and it is rumored the outside tina
]aenhold. They will make their final report to
day. and if they do indict him there will be n
preliminary examination before the Mayor.
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